The Chessmen of Mars, with eBook: Audiobook
Book 5 of the Barsoom series
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, The Chessmen of Mars, with eBook runs 8.5 hours as an unabridged audiobook, narrated by John Bolen (about 5.7 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
The instrument When will you finish it?
Based on 8.5 hours of listening.
| Your pace | You'll finish in |
|---|---|
| 30 min / day | 17 days |
| 1 hour / day | 9 days |
| 2 hours / day | 5 days |
| 1 hour / day at 1.5× | 6 days |
You'll finish in – by –
Part of The Audiobook Finish-Time Calculator: the same instrument for any audiobook we measure.
What our data says
- At 8.5 hours, it runs longer than 69% of the 6,931 Classics (Literature) audiobooks in our catalog.
Catching up on Barsoom
This is book 5. Books 1 to 4 run 26.5 hours before it; books 1 to 5 run 35 hours in all.
| Book | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | John Carter in A Princess of Mars | 6.8 hrs |
| 2 | John Carter in The Gods of Mars | 8.7 hrs |
| 3 | John Carter in The Warlord of Mars | 6 hrs |
| 4 | Thuvia, Maid of Mars, with eBook | 5 hrs |
| 5 | The Chessmen of Mars, with eBook | 8.5 hrs |
More narrated by John Bolen
John Bolen narrates 35 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 296 hours in all.
About as long, on the Classics (Literature) shelf
581 Classics (Literature) audiobooks in our catalog run within 10% of this length. The most popular on the store:
Computed from 409,794 English-language unabridged audiobooks in The Books Insider catalog (store data read November 3, 2026). Lengths are the store's own running times. Methodology.
About this listen
The Chessmen of Mars, with eBook is book 5 of Edgar Rice Burroughs's Barsoom series: a 8.5-hour unabridged recording, read by John Bolen, released February 23, 2009, on the Classics (Literature) and Space Opera shelves.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 8.5 hrs
- Narrated by
- John Bolen
- Released
- February 23, 2009
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- Classics (Literature), Space Opera
- Series
- Barsoom #5
- ISBN
- 9781400179251
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Start listening freeQuestions listeners ask
How long is The Chessmen of Mars, with eBook as an audiobook?
The Chessmen of Mars, with eBook runs 8.5 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 5.7 hours.
Is The Chessmen of Mars, with eBook free as an audiobook?
Yes, for new listeners: the trial starts you with three free audiobooks.
Who narrates The Chessmen of Mars, with eBook?
The Chessmen of Mars, with eBook is narrated by John Bolen.